This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.

Once a sewer culvert, this road tunnel now offers cyclists and pedestrians a subterranean stroll under the C&O Canal.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.